First Nations Bands Class Action
Chief David Crate on behalf of Fisher River Cree Nation et. al. v The Attorney General of Canada
Current status
Class proceeding certified, March 26, 2025.
Read the Order and Reasons in Crate et. al. v AGC, 2025 FC 561
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History of the proceeding
- September 3-5, 2024: Certification hearing
- July 18, 2023: Amended Statement of Claim filed
- February 9, 2023: Federal Court Justice Peter G. Pamel and Associate Judge Catherine A. Coughlan assigned as Case Management Judges
- January 31, 2023: Statement of Claim filed
What is this claim about?
This case alleges that the government of Canada has systematically separated First Nations children from their bands, communities, families, cultures, languages, and religions by failing to adequately fund child services systems and by operating those systems in a discriminatory manner. In so doing, Canada has breached First Nations bands’ rights to raise their own children and pass on their cultures, languages, and religions.
This is an opt-in class action, meaning that only First Nations bands that have actively decided to participate are covered. All First Nations bands in Canada are invited to participate.
Murphy Battista LLP is bringing this claim as part of a consortium of firms across the country, including Sotos Class Actions (ON), Cochrane Sinclair LLP (Manitoba), Miller Titerle (BC) and Gowlings (national). The court will decide at a later date if the case will proceed as a class action.
View the January 31, 2023: Statement of Claim.
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